Florist tonight!!

kimnsteve Posted: Aug 28, 2007 02:50 PM

Florist tonight!!

so tonight is my first appt with a florist

what should i be asking ???

i'm soo excited

Jesses Girl Posted: Aug 28, 2007 02:52 PM

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woohoo!!! who are you meeting with!?

you have to let me know how it goes.

oh and I just went in knowin what i want! so i am no help. haha
i just ask...how much! haha jk

davenjess Posted: Aug 28, 2007 02:53 PM

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I'd make sure you ask what is in season at the wedding time...so you don't wind up paying a billion dollars to fly a flower in from bora bora...

I went in with a lot of pictures - to give her an idea of what i liked..

kimnsteve Posted: Aug 28, 2007 02:59 PM

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i am going to a place on staten island ...they are very popular so we'll see

i don;t have a couple picture ..i am just worried about the price

KiTTeN0819 Posted: Aug 28, 2007 03:00 PM

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I second the lots of pictures, and asking what is in season.

LuvMyAlfonse Posted: Aug 28, 2007 03:01 PM

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just bring pics

don't mention your budget, just tell them what you like and see what they say...

if they ask your budget, say you don't have one and you're just trying to get an idea.

don't negotiate overall price... if your BM bouquets are $45, say 'I was really hoping to spend $35'

bouts - $12, say 'I don't want to spend more than $10'

kimnsteve Posted: Aug 28, 2007 03:02 PM

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Posted by LuvMyAlfonse

just bring pics

don't mention your budget, just tell them what you like and see what they say...

if they ask your budget, say you don't have one and you're just trying to get an idea.

don't negotiate overall price... if your BM bouquets are $45, say 'I was really hoping to spend $35'

bouts - $12, say 'I don't want to spend more than $10'

i dont even know what an average florist quote is
i wasthinking 3 -3500 is that reasonable?

yelley77 Posted: Aug 28, 2007 03:03 PM

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ask them what they are giving you for free!!!

kimnsteve Posted: Aug 28, 2007 03:05 PM

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Posted by yelley77

ask them what they are giving you for free!!!

i actually was going to since they are a preferred vendor of my RH

LuvMyAlfonse Posted: Aug 28, 2007 03:06 PM

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Posted by kimnsteve

i dont even know what an average florist quote is
i wasthinking 3 -3500 is that reasonable?

TOTALLY reasonable. Mine is the same.

15-17 high CPs, 5 BM bouquets, MOH bouquet, 9 bouts, etc...

See what they offer you first. You don't want them to give you $2K worth of flowers for $3K b/c you say $3K is my budget... know what I mean?

kimnsteve Posted: Aug 28, 2007 03:09 PM

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Posted by LuvMyAlfonse

Posted by kimnsteve

i dont even know what an average florist quote is
i wasthinking 3 -3500 is that reasonable?

TOTALLY reasonable. Mine is the same.

15-17 high CPs, 5 BM bouquets, MOH bouquet, 9 bouts, etc...

See what they offer you first. You don't want them to give you $2K worth of flowers for $3K b/c you say $3K is my budget... know what I mean?

oh no thats one thing i know ...i do not tell them a budget

Autumn08 Posted: Aug 28, 2007 03:11 PM

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Know what you need as far as personals go.

Have pictures of ideas.

Have you picked out your dress? Bring pictures of the bridal gown and bridesmaid dresses.

kimnsteve Posted: Aug 28, 2007 03:13 PM

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Posted by Autumn08

Know what you need as far as personals go.

Have pictures of ideas.

Have you picked out your dress? Bring pictures of the bridal gown and bridesmaid dresses.

i have mine ...but not my girls

Autumn08 Posted: Aug 28, 2007 03:15 PM

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Posted by kimnsteve

Posted by Autumn08

Know what you need as far as personals go.

Have pictures of ideas.

Have you picked out your dress? Bring pictures of the bridal gown and bridesmaid dresses.

i have mine ...but not my girls

They can come up with suggestions to compliment the dress. Nothing has to be finalized but it's always nice to get good ideas!

LuvMyAlfonse Posted: Aug 28, 2007 03:15 PM

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Posted by kimnsteve

Posted by LuvMyAlfonse

oh no thats one thing i know ...i do not tell them a budget

kim, I love that it's the ONE thing you know..

sorry - I wasn't insulting your intelligence.

Still going red?

kimnsteve Posted: Aug 28, 2007 03:18 PM

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Posted by LuvMyAlfonse

Posted by kimnsteve

Posted by LuvMyAlfonse

oh no thats one thing i know ...i do not tell them a budget

kim, I love that it's the ONE thing you know..

sorry - I wasn't insulting your intelligence.

Still going red?

no no i wasnt saying tht that was...lol

yeah i am sticking with red .

check out my color combos in my album and let me know what you think ....

LuvMyAlfonse Posted: Aug 28, 2007 03:21 PM

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how'd you do that? that's so cool!

I love them all!

I especially like the white, purple and green with the red. It's probably your least favorite but that's the one that catches my eye the most!!

kimnsteve Posted: Aug 28, 2007 03:23 PM

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Posted by LuvMyAlfonse

how'd you do that? that's so cool!

I love them all!

I especially like the white, purple and green with the red. It's probably your least favorite but that's the one that catches my eye the most!!

no actually that is my favorite ! i just wanna see what the florist says

i got the swatched off the davids bridal website and then put them on paint

thanks